Apple Card - Their new credit card/app (1 Viewer)

[Redwes25]

Yeah, this is me.  I don’t carry a wallet, so I don’t have 18 different credit cards to choose from in order to get .25% more airline miles.  I use Pay every time it’s an option, and my BoA debit card everywhere else.  Moving forward I’ll ditch the debit card for the Apple CC.  

This is a complete waste.  Even if you don't want to chase the extra mile you shouldnt use something that gets you nothing.   

 

[BoltBacker]

My 2009 MacBook Pro cost $1500. At the time, PC buddies of mine derided me for paying too much. I could have gotten a plastic dell for $850 that had a faster processor! 

10 years later my MacBook Pro is still screaming along (albeit with a SSD conversion and new battery). I’m guessing they have bought another 1-2 machines since then. Not to mention that software matters, and OSX, for my line of work, crushes WIN for UX. That alone is worth the price of admission. For spreadsheet/office jockeys who do a bit of browsing, base model wintel books make perfect sense. 

There are software (and some hardware) reasons people choose iOS devices over Android. To those of us who do, the extra 20-30% isn’t a big deal. Let’s not pretend the flagship phones from Samsung or Google are dramatically cheaper. 

Finally, a large portion of apples user base are happy buying older models to take advantage of the UX/Ecosystem benefits... those people ARE being smart with their money.... thus negating any perceived irony that got you so worked up you posted a dozen times in this thread. 

Relax... there’s more to life then getting worked up over mobile device brands. I promise   

Yeah, sounds like I am the one melting down.

You can spend your money on anything you want. There are people that choose to purchase an ink pen for ~$1,000 and I'm sure they have convinced themselves that writing with a BIC would have ruined their life. That's fine with me. But I'm pretty sure I can still point and laugh, nonetheless.

 

[culdeus]

Yeah, this is me.  I don’t carry a wallet, so I don’t have 18 different credit cards to choose from in order to get .25% more airline miles.  I use Pay every time it’s an option, and my BoA debit card everywhere else.  Moving forward I’ll ditch the debit card for the Apple CC.  

I don't follow this logic at all.  What does an apple cc offer you that the 1000 other CC that have been out there before didn't and would now push you off debit?  A debit card I would add that still enables everything an Apple Credit Card does on Apple Pay?  

 

[Redwes25]

I don't follow this logic at all.  What does an apple cc offer you that the 1000 other CC that have been out there before didn't and would now push you off debit?  A debit card I would add that still enables everything an Apple Credit Card does on Apple Pay?  

It’s apple bro

 

[BoltBacker]

Well, turns out there is something more dumb than an Apple Credit Card. Google coming out with a DEBIT card. How dumb.

I'm all for Apple and Google pay and not having to leave your house with anything more than a wearable device(that also locks/unlocks your house/office/car/locker/etc) but why are they moving backwards with these dumb credit/debit cards?

I can't wait until 2025 when Apple and Google invent check books. Or maybe metal doubloons that will be ever so convenient to carry around?